It could be said that ever since the mastermind behind the scenes had come to this universe, nothing had gone his way. Whether in open conflict, covert struggles, or even schemes where he had the advantage of surprise, not a single plan had succeeded. He had been completely played in the palm of someone's hand.
But given his current situation, he could not afford to delay, because Batman was still searching for him throughout the Multiverse. If he failed to make progress quickly, Batman would soon come knocking.
Simply put, the mastermind was panicking.
Inertia was a terrifying thing. Not only for people, but for events as well. Many people had stumbled because of it.
The time humans were most likely to make mistakes was when an old plan was already doomed to fail, but no new plan had yet been conceived, so they continued forward along the momentum of the old one. By the time they came to their senses, they found there was no longer any ground left to implement a new plan. Then they could only resort to humanity's traditional specialty—taking a gamble.
Once someone was trapped in a predicament, had no way to break it, and watched their resources constantly dwindle, they would die unless they gambled small for big. It was easy to fall into the Gambler mindset, into the trap of believing in a swift victory, desperately wanting to settle everything in one decisive stroke.
The mastermind's team was clearly like that now. Their emotional manipulation plan had already been declared a failure, and they could think of no better conspiracy afterward. The possible key to breaking the deadlock was right before their eyes, so naturally they had been driven frantic. They no longer cared about their Character Design or pretended to be ordinary